Fondazione Prada Floor Plan

To extend the typologies offered by the fondazione a series of systematic variations is applied.

Fondazione prada floor plan.

Images by charlie koolhaas oma bas princen fondazione prada. The fondazione prada arrives on the back of a long process of discussion and debate across the city during which various models for contemporary institutions were proposed debated and rejected. It begins with a triangular floor plan but after the third level it becomes rectangular again allowing the structure to lean out and protrude over. From 1993 to 2010 the fondazione has organised 24 solo shows at its exhibition spaces in milan conceived as dialogues with acclaimed contemporary artists.

Half of the levels is in fact developed on a rectangular floor plan while the other half displays a trapezoid one. Rem koolhaas oma had completely transformed the site converting what was once a gin distillery on the. The six exhibition rooms have two different floor plans either rectangular or trapezoid with three different exposures at the same time their. Each next floor is taller than the previous one rectangular plans alternate with wedge shapes the orientation of the rooms alternates between panoramic city views to the north or narrower views in opposite directions east and.

Fondazione prada co chaired by miuccia prada and patrizio bertelli since 1995 is an institution dedicated to contemporary art and culture. Encompassing a total floor area of about 2 000 square meters 21 500 square feet internally the torre is a true exhibition machine featuring a collection of different galleries into which a diverse set of artworks ideally fit. In 2015 the fondazione prada opened a new permanent facility in milan. It is surprising that the enormous expansion of the art system has taken place in a reduced.